onsdag 28 oktober 2015

ROLLING STONES/BLACK AND BLUE COC 59106 (-76) UK

When posting "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" I hinted that in my world that was was the beginning of a long way down for Rolling Stones. Yet already this next album shows it wasn't a straight steep. Not that it's much rock'n'roll on it - "Crazy Mama" is and "Hand Of Fate" almost there - the rest disco funk, ballads and a raggae. But there are qualities taking it beyond the genres. Guitars are tophole all through, much because the recordings worked as a kind of tryout for a replacement to Mick Taylor, including Wayne Perkins, Harvey Mandel and Ron Wood. The audio is very inviting - full and right on - more reminding of "Exile" or Goats Head Soup than IORNR. Apart from that what really gets me are Jaggers vocals. To my taste his best singing so far had been on "Shine A Light" where the moaning, grunting and stumbling through the words alone made that song. Here he's doing about the same style on many of the tracks - like "Hey Negrita", "Cherry Oh Baby" and "Melody" - thus soiling them and making them rock. Even if not the Stones I grew up with or among my most played with the band I still think it's better than many other period rockers and that's mainly because of Mick Jagger. Issued all over the world on LP, 8-track, cassette and CD through the years. Early UK had label as shown here, matt fold/out cover and track/credit inner. (RÅ*)

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This blog is for musiclovers and people who fancy odd and rare analog mixes, pressings and issues. I will post items from my own collection, together with details from original covers, and comments with facts and/or personal reflections. Most of the issues are UK, but also ones from other parts of the world I find interesting. I embrace all contributions like facts, veiwpoints and discussions - all to enhance the knowledge and awareness for this part of music history. For some it may also be important to know if the rare record You're bidding on or dreaming of having is a different mix or not, or if it sounds good or bad, before You decide to pay a lot for it. Getting some of those rare issues today
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